Kansai’s greatest entertainment district, Sotenbori is a restaurant district representative of Osaka, where people spend too much money on food. Depending on the store, there is theme music playing and considerable liveliness. Sotenbori is crowded with famous restaurants known by everyone, including Kani Douraku and Zuboraya. It is a district full of energy, where the tourists never cease, even late at night.

New Tie-Up Stores Also Appear!

Many tie-up stores such as Kani Douraku, Kinryu Ramen, Kushikatu Daruma, and Osaka Osho, which have become a symbol of previous entries in the Yakuza series, will appear again in Yakuza: Kiwami 2. Additionally, new tie-up stores such as Takoyaki-Ten Kukuru, Gyu-Kaku, Tsuruha Drug, and more will appear.

Upgraded Play Spots

—Yokobori Golf Center

In Sotenbori, an upgraded Yokobori Golf Center is open. Here, you can play a “near pin challenge” in which you compete to get closest to the pin, and a “bingo challenge” in which you shoot at a three-by-three target to get bingo.

—Four Shine

In the two-story building in Shofukucho is the cabaret club Four Shine, where the “New Nightlife Island” play spot is set. At first it only has a few customers, but Kiryu will become the manager to support the cabaret club business and raise it to become the number one cabaret club in Japan.

Sotenbori Sub-Stories

—Kiryu’s Model Debut?

Walking along the Iwao Bridge, Kiryu is scouted by a man who asks, “Why not try being a model?” It seems that the model that was supposed to be photographed disappeared, and he is looking for someone to model in his place. He strongly says that Kiryu is the perfect match for the image of that model, and Kiryu accepts the job. At the location of the shoot, the art director “Poison Mitsuo” awaits. It appears that Poison Mitsuo hosts unconventional photo shoots in order to photograph true human instinct and nature. Kiryu was told this, but still accompanies the man to the photo shoot. However…

Kiryu responds to the topics thrown out by Poison Mitsuo with various poses. Can Kiryu’s poses really make the art director Poison Mitsuo’s soul tremble?